It was a reunion, of sorts, for...

Paul SullivanCHICAGO TRIBUNE

It was a reunion, of sorts, for three fellow Olympians who played in Thursday night`s Hawks-Islanders game. Only a couple of weeks earlier, the Hawks` Russian born defenseman, Igor Kravchuk, and the Islanders` American-born draftees, Scott LaChance and Marty McInnis, were on the same ice in Albertville when the Unified Team beat the United States in the semifinals of the Olympics.

- In case any fan is planning on bypassing the Hawks pay-per-view playoff option in the hope of watching a stolen satellite feed of the game at a local tavern, HawksVision spokeswoman Kelly Sullivan says don`t bother. Even if SportsChannel America carries the game into the Hawks` opponents` market, the feed will be scrambled so that it cannot be shown here.

Sullivan said reports of the pay-per-view option receiving little interest since its recent announcement are misleading. She says that most of the requests will come in the 24 hours preceding the first game.

''Even Bill Wirtz hasn`t ordered it yet,'' she said.

- Brent Sutter became a father for the third time Thursday when his wife, Connie, gave birth to a girl at Good Samaritan Hospital.

- The Islanders were without top goalie Glenn Healy Thursday, and he`s expected to be out for two or three weeks after severing the tip of his right index finger Monday during a practice.

Healey, who had started in 34 of New York`s 64 games, is the second Islander goalie to be sidelined this year. Thursday`s starter, Mark Fitzpatrick, missed 10 games earlier this season because of a blood disorder known as eosinophilia myalgia syndrome.